Why is it important to understand research methods? Simply put, if we want answers to certain questions, gathering information pertinent to those questions and reviewing the data can give us the best answers. Research, then, is no more than a process of acquiring information to answer questions. Education research helps answer questions we're all interested in [...]. Some people may be baffled by that the various forms of research—what they are, how they’re conducted, and what they say. With this guide, we set forth the basic concepts to unravel the mystery.